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(Slightly) Early Access: Dark Souls 2 Lighting Engine Mod - Modernising And Enhancing An Overlooked Classic (Patreon)

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2024-08-11 12:44:13

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2024-08

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Here's the blurb: There's never been a better time to revisit Dark Souls 2. The ambitious DS2 Lighting Engine mod on PC adds a suite of upgrades including volumetric fog, world shadows, and high grade ambient occlusion - plus Nvidia DLAA and AMD FSR support. Better still, the Lighting Engine allows others in the modding scene to implement their own changes to the game - with impressive results that would fit our expectations of an official remaster. Tom goes in-depth on the upgrades compared to the original game.

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Dark Souls 2 Lighting Engine Mod - Modernising And Enhancing An Overlooked FromSoftware Classic

There's never been a better time to revisit Dark Souls 2. The ambitious DS2 Lighting Engine mod on PC adds a suite of upgrades including volumetric fog, world shadows, and high grade ambient occlusion - plus Nvidia DLAA and AMD FSR support. Better still, the Lighting Engine allows others in the modding scene to implement their own changes to the game - with impressive results that would fit our expectations of an official remaster. Tom goes in-depth on the upgrades compared to the original game. Want some DF-branded tee-shirts, mugs, hoodies and various items based on DF catchphrases? Check out our store: https://store.digitalfoundry.net Join the DF Supporter Program for pristine video downloads, behind the scenes content, early access to DF Retro, early access to DF Direct Weekly and much, much more: https://bit.ly/3jEGjvx Subscribe for more Digital Foundry: http://bit.ly/DFSubscribe 00:00:00 Introduction/Dark Souls 2 Tech Overview 00:02:49 Volumetric Fog Upgrades 00:05:08 PCSS Shadow Upgrades 00:06:11 Lighting Upgrades 00:07:52 Nvidia's DLAA Support/Terrain Optimisation 00:09:18 Performance/Modding Support 00:11:38 Final Thoughts